Revolutionary War Pension and Bounty Land Warrant Application File S. 8556, John Gibbs, N.C.

SERVICE
NUMBER
Ab.
Gibbs, John
S. 8556
Carded
CONTENTS

32.204 N. Carolina
1846
to Pension Agt. 12 Oct
John Gibbs.
of Burke Co. in the State of N.C. who was a Pri. in the Co. commanded by Captain Clark of the reg. commanded by in the N.C. line for 6 mos.
ref.
Inscribed on the Roll of N.C. at the rate of 20 Dollars — Cents per annum, to commence on the 4th day of March, 1831.
Certificate of Pension issued the 7 day of Sep 1844 and sent to Hon D.M. Barringer Concord, N.C.
Arrears to the 4th of Sep 1844 - $270.00 Semi-annual allowance ending 4 th Mar. 45  10.00
$280.00
{ Revolutionary Claim, Act June 7, 1832. }
Recorded by J.S. Swann Clerk, Book E , Vol. 62 , Page 56

Declaration
In order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress, passed June 7 th 1832,
State of North Carolina
Wake County ss. On this 15 th day of July one thousand eight hundred and fortyfour, I am personally appeared before me William B. Rust one of the acting Magistrates and a member of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions, in and for said County, John Gibbs, a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged eighty nine years who being first duly sworn according to Law, doth on his oath make the following declaration in order to obtain the benefit of the act of Congress passed June 7 th 1832,
That in the days of the Revolution he resided in Wake County N. Carolina, and entered the service of the United States under the following named officers, and served as herein stated. That in the year 1780, he was drafted into the service for a term of three months under Captain Clark who marched his company from Wake on to Charlotte where they joined General Davidson, who was stationed in Mecklenburg County, and that after staying some weeks at that Post they were joined by General Morgan who spent a few days with them, and then the armys parted and declarant was placed under General Morgan who marched on to South Carolina to the Cowpens at which Post he declarant was discharged having served out his term of duty.
The next term of duty was in the summer of the year following in the year 1781, he was again called into the service to serve another three months term under Captain John Conley by order of Colonel MacDonell, and was ordered on to the Fort at the head of the Catawba River, where he declarant served out his term of duty and was discharged.
This deponent further states that he performed other services but the above is the only regular terms that he was out. He also states that he has no documentary evidence in support of his services, but that he can prove a part or all his services by Proall Evidence.

This declarant also stated that his name is not on the Pension Roll of any agency of any State, that he hereby relinquishes every Claim whatever to a Pension except the present, and that the reason why he has not applied before this late day for his Pension is that he was disappointed by an agent that he had employed, and the amount was so small that he thought to live without it, and it is now from actual necessity he is induced to apply for a Pension.
Sworn to and subscribed on the day and year first above written before me.
Wm B Rust JP
John his Gibbs (Seal) Mark.
State of North Carolina
Burke County } I, William B. Rust a Magistrate in the said County do hereby certify that John Gibbs, who hath this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing declaration before me is a Minister of the Gospel, a person to whom statements is due full faith and credit.
I also certify that he is known and reputed in his neighborhood to have been a Soldier in the Revolution and that I fully concur in that opinion, and that I believe him to be of the age as set forth, and to have served as above stated.
I do further certify that John Gibbs the declarant is by reason of old age and bodily infirmity, unable to go to Court to make his declaration.
Given under my hand and seal this 15 th July 1844. Wm B Rust JP
State of North Carolina
Burke County }
J. J. J. Eum Clerk of the
Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that the foregoing declaration of John Gibbs, an applicant for for a Pension, a resident citizen of

of the County of Burke was this day laid before the Court examined and affirmed and it appeared upon evidence to the Court that said applicant was unable from bodily infirmary to appear before the Court to make his declaration. whereupon it was ordered by the Court that the same be certified to the War department.
I further certify that William B. Runt who before whom the foregoing declaration was given is an acting justice of the Peace in and for said County and that the foregoing signatures purporting to be his is genuine.
I further certify that John Gibbs the applicant is a minister of the Gospel and a most estimable citizen and that his statements are entitled to credit.
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office at office in Morganton this 18 day of July 1844.
J. J. Ewing Clerk of Burke County

Rev. War Section
mmf am
June 25, 1923
Mrs. N. F. Palmer Hookerton, North Carolina
Madam:
In response to your letter received May 10, 1923, I have to advise you that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim S. 8556 of John Gibbs , it appears that while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina he enlisted in 1780 and served three months in Captain Clark's Company, and in the Summer of 1781 he enlisted and served three months in Captain John Conley's Company, by order of Colonel MacDowell, North Carolina Troops/
He was allowed pension on his application executed July 15, 1844 while living in Burke County, North Carolina, aged eighty-nine years. There is no data on file as to his family.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

July 14 '98 Fred K C Holmes Jackson Ky.
1909 Oct 1 Hist. to Hon. John M. Langley V.P. U.S. Letter in S.F. 3.252 V.P. 14.
1910 Sept 28 Hist. to Hon. John M. Langley 1914 July 7 Hist. to John C. Day Letter in S.F. 3.252 John Day.
1921, Feb. 16 # Letter stating age sent to Mrs. Margaret Bell. Ev.
1923 June 25 - Hist. to Mrs. N.F. Palmer M.M.H.
Newman
8556
INVALID.
File No. 8556
John Gillis
Rev. Rev. War
Act: June 1832
Index: Vol. 108 , Page 141
[Arrangement of 1870.]

Oct 12
Mr. Ross
28
James L Edward Gurn Commissaire of Russian Washington, Tenn.

Pension Office
Washington Oct 6 th 1846
James L Edmiston Esq
Commiss y of Pensions.
Please direct the payment for John G. G. G. Act 1832 12 mo. $20 when pension is enclosed
I am, respectfully Yours J. M. Russell

35837
John Gibbs -
N. C.
act. P. June '32
Agnd Emo Fri. 20.
Hon D.M. Barringer Concord N. C.

State of North Carolina
Blade County } On this 15th day of July 1844, personally appeared before me, William B. Rust one of the acting Magistrates in and for said County, Stephen Baller, a resident of the County and State aforesaid aged eighty three years a United States Pensioner, and made oath in due form of Law, to the following statements, (to wit) That he is now, and was in the days of the Revolution, well acquainted with John Gibbs of Blade County, who is now applying for a Pension, due to him, on the account of his Revolutionary services; that he the deponent, was out in the service with said John Gibbs, under Captain Clark in the year 1780, that they left Blade County in July or August under Capt. Clark the aforesaid, and marched on to Rockingham County, when they joined General Davidson, at a Post in said County, where they remained for some six weeks, and were joined by General Morgan, who after resting his army for a few days, left Genl Davidson, and marched his Army on to the Cowpens, a Post in South Carolina, and it was on that occasion said John Gibbs and deponent were separated; deponent remained with General Davidson's Army, and said John Gibbs went on with Capt Clark and General Morgan to the Cowpens, at which place deponent understood on his return from said John Gibbs was discharged after having served out his term.
This deponent further states on his said oath, that the aforesaid John Gibbs was, to his own personal knowledge, called into the service the next year (in 1781) to serve a term of duty at the Old Fort, at the head of the Catawba River in Burke County under Captain John Cooley, which term he deponent has always understood and fully believes he did serve, but deponent was not out with him. Sworn and subscribed on the day and year aforesaid before me Wm B Rust Stephen his Baller Mark

State of North Carolina
Burke County } S. William B. Rust a Magistrate in & for said County do hereby certify that Stephen Ballou who has this day sworn to and subscribed the foregoing affidavit before me is a person to whose statements is due full faith and credit. Given under my hand this 15 th of Aug 1844. Wm B Rust J P
State of North Carolina
Burke County }
J. J. J. Eum Clerk of the Court of Pleas and Quarter Sessions for the County aforesaid do hereby certify that William B Rust whose name appears to the foregoing affidavit is an acting Justice of the Peace in and for the County of Burke duly commissioned and qualified according to law and that the above signature purporting to be his is genuine
In testimony whereof I have hereunto subscribed my name and affixed my seal of office at Morganton this 18 th day of July 1844
J J Eum Clerk

Comptrollers Office July 29 th 1844
I William F Collins Comptroller of Public Accounts in and for the State of North Carolina do hereby Certify That it appears of Record in my office that a Spence Certificate was paid into the Comptrollers office for Nine pounds Six shillings and six pence (£9. 6. 6) as will appear in Book No 2 Folio No 21 — Also one other certificate returned into the Comptrollers office by the Enrolment Officer of Burks for Nine pounds Four shillings (£9. 4) which payment or certificate will be found in Book G. No 16 Folio 38. which Certifi- cate purport to have been issued in the name of John Gibbs for Military Services, given under my hand and seal of office the date above written.
Wm F Collins Compt

Hookerton N.C.
May 20 '23
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions, Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:—
Sometime ago I wrote you in regard to my great great grandfather John Gibbs from Burke Co. N.C. being a Revolutionary Pensioner. It has been handed down for several generations that he was

tho we have no record or certificate. I shall appreciate any information you can send me in regard to this.
Many thanks.
Mrs. N. J. Palmer. June 25, 1923.

Hookerton, N.C. Greene Co. May. 9 '23
U.S. Commissioner of Pensions Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
The original Pension Certificate of my great great Grand- father, John Gibbs, from Burke Co. N.C. has been destroyed, It has been handed down

to us that he was a pensioner in the Revolution- ary War. also he or his father was a British pensioner, I shall appreciate any statement that you can give me concerning this. Many thanks -
Very respectfully. Mrs. N. J. Palmer.

Rev.
JAN 18 1921 PENSION
Washington D.C.
Jan. 14, 1920.
Bureau of Pensions Washington D.C.
I wish to establish the Rev. War record of John Gibb, or John Nicholas Gibb - (as the name appears both ways in the records I have) and I wish to know if you have the date of birth of this Rev. War soldier so that I can compare it with the date that I have.
This soldier was a resident of N.C. a private in the Rev. War and drew

a pension -
I will appreciate it very much if you will give me this information at your earliest convenience -
Yours truly,
(Mrs.) Margaret Gibbs Bell -
1336 Harvard S.W. Washington, D.C.

-----HEADQUARTERS----- REPUBLICAN CAMPAIGN COMMITTEE TENTH KENTUCKY DISTRICT
JOHN W. LANGLEY, Candidate for Congress.
MT. STERLING, KY.
September 24, 1910.
The Commissioner of Pensions, Washington, D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Please furnish me a complete statement of such information as the records of your office show regarding the case of John Gibbs of the North Carolina line, Revolutionary War. He was a pensioner. I think you furnished me a report in this case some months ago, but I have mislaid it. I would like to have a rather full statement of the case, including any facts that may appear in the papers regarding the rate of pension he received, the length of time he received it, where the application was made from, and the essential data that it contains which would be of especial interest to his descendants. I am going to have your letter framed and presented to one of his great-grandsons.
Very truly yours,
John W. Langley

THE BROWN COMPANY
WAR & NAVY JUN 17 1898 FILES.
PENSION U. S. JUN 15 1898 OFFICE.

DAY BROTHERS COMPANY,
✓ G.
Jackson, Ky.,
June 11 1898
Hon. Clay Evans.
Commission
Washington D.C.
Dear Sir:-
Will you please give me the record of John Gibbs , Revolutionary War. Pensioner from Verm on this state and greatly obliged.
Yours Truly Frederick V.C. Holmes.
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Rev. War Section.
February 16, 1931.
Mrs. Margaret G. Bell, 1336 Harvard Street, N. W., Washington, D. C.
Madam:
In response to your letter dated January 14, 1931, you are advised that from the papers in the Revolutionary War pension claim of John Giebs, of North Carolina, S. F. 8656, it appears that he was 83 years old at the time of filing his claim for pension in 1844. The date and place of his birth are not stated.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

October 1, 1909.
Hon. John W. Langley,
House of Representatives.
My dear Mr Langley:
In reply to your letter dated the 25" and received the 29" ultimo, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim of John Gibbs, Sur. File No. 8,558, it appears that while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served three months under Captain Clark. Again called out in the Summer of 1781 and served three months under Captain John Conley by order of Colonel MacDowell.
He was allowed pension on an application executed July 15, 1844, while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, aged eighty-nine years. There is no data on file as to his family.
In the claim of John Day, Sr. Sur. File No. 3,852, it appears that he was born June 30, 1742, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and received an Ensign's Commission from the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia, dated October 11, 1775 and while a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, in the Fall of 1776, he volunteered as an Ensign and served three months under Captains Alexander Hamilton Paxton and Colonel Dickson: in 1777 he was appointed an Indian Spy and served one year and six months under Captain Cook.

Sur. File No. 8,556.--2
Before soldier's military service, his brother David and their Mother, who was Susan, daughter of James Wyley, were killed by the Shawnee Indians. His two sisters, Sally and Martha, were taken prisoners by the same Indians, and were afterwards rescued by a party under Captain Fry, of which the soldier was one. A son John was referred to in 1833.
Soldier was allowed pension on an application executed July 9, 1833, while a resident of Jefferson County, Tennessee.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

September 28, 1910.
Hon. John W. Langley, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
My dear Mr Langley:
In response to your letter dated the 24" and received on the 27" instant, I have the honor to advise you that in the claim of John Day, Senior, Sur, File No. 3,252, Rev. War. It appears that he was born June 30, 1742, in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, and received an Ensign's Commission from the Committee of Safety for the Colony of Virginia, dated October 11, 1775, and while a resident of Botetourt County, Virginia, in the Fall of 1776, he volunteered as an Ensign and served three months under Captains Paxton and Alexander Hamilton and Colonel Dickson: in 1777 he was appointed an Indian Spy and served one year and six months under Captain Cook.
Before soldier's military service, his brother David and their mother, who was Susan, daughter of James Wyley, were killed by the Shawnee Indians. His two sisters, Sally and Martha, were taken prisoners by the same Indians, and were afterwards rescued by a party under Captain Fry, of which the soldier was one. His son John was sixty-five years old in January, 1832.
Soldier was allowed pension on an application executed July 9, 1833, while a resident of Jefferson County, Tennessee, at the rate of ninety dollars per annum.
For date of last payment of pension and probable date of death,

Sur. File No. 3,252.--3
application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: John Day, Sr., Certificate No. 25,279, issued December 20, 1833, under Act of June 7, 1832, at the East Tennessee Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.

July 7, 1914.
Mr. John C. M. Day.
Mountain Central R. Co.
Winchester, Kentucky.
Sir:
In response to your letter dated the 30" ultimo, you are advised that from the papers in the claim of John Gibbs, Sur. File No. 8,556, it appears that while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served three months under Captain Clark. Again called out in the Summer of 1781, and served three months under Captain John Conley by order of Colonel MacDowell.
He was allowed pension on an application executed July 15, 1844, while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, aged eighty-nine years. There is no data on file as to his family.

September 28, 1910.
Hon. John W. Langley, Mt. Sterling, Ky.
My dear Mr Langley:
In response to your letter dated the 24" and received on the 27" instant, I have the honor to advise you that from the papers in the claim of John Gibbs, Sur. File No. 8,556, Rev. War, it appears that while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, he enlisted in 1780 and served three months under Captain Clark. Again called out in the Summer of 1781 and served three months under Captain John Conley by order of Colonel MacDowell.
He was allowed pension at the rate of $20. per annum on an application executed July 15, 1844, while a resident of Burke County, North Carolina, aged eighty-nine years. There is no data on file as to his family.
For date of last payment of pension and probable date of death, application should be made to the Auditor for the Interior Department, U. S. Treasury Department, citing the following data: John Gibbs: Ctf. No. 32,204, issued September 7, 1844; under the Act of June 7, 1832, at the North Carolina Agency.
Very respectfully,
Commissioner.